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Environmental Science Unit 8: Land
Test Description: Vocabulary for Environmental Science Unit 8: Land
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1) The process of removing all the trees from a land area is called...
A
Mining
B
Suburban Sprawl
C
Clear cutting
D
Lumberjacking
2) Clearing trees from an area without replacing them is a process called
A
Repopulatin
B
Urbanization
C
Reforestation
D
Deforestation
3) A word for all the things that a society or civilization builds for public use
A
Clear cutting
B
Infrastructure
C
Reforestation
D
Desolation
4) A process of determining in advance where people will live, where they locate their businesses, and where land will be protected for farming, wildlife, and other uses.
A
Land-use planning
B
Spontaneous Combustion
C
Evolution
D
Reclamation
5) A solid substance that is found in nature and consists of a single element or compound is called a
A
Mineral
B
Vegetable
C
Rock
D
Human
6) A mineral that is useful to humans is called a _________.
A
Pollutant
B
Pokemon
C
Organic compound
D
Resource
7) What is the name for the method of mining in which large holes are dug in the ground to remove materials such as ore, sand, gravel, and building stone?
A
Strip Mining
B
Underground Mining
C
Fracking
D
Open-Pit Mining
8) A rock that contains a mineral such as iron or copper is called _________________.
A
Mineral
B
Diamond
C
Igneous
D
Ore
9) What is overgrazing?
A
When a mining company uses machines to clear away large areas of the Earth's surface
B
When a grassland is damaged by too many animals eating in a limited area
C
When all the trees are cut down in a forest
D
When there are not enough animals to eat the grass and the grass grows so high you can't see lions hiding in it
10) The process of restoring land to the condition it was before mining operations began is called...?
A
Deforestation
B
Reclamation
C
Urbanization
D
Natural Selection
11) What is reforestation?
A
Cutting down all the trees in an area
B
Replacing trees that have died or been cut down
C
Building a strip mall in an area that had been used for mining
D
Mining underground for gold
12) This is the method of harvesting only middle aged or mature trees individually or in small groups used by many in logging.
A
Chainsaw Cutting
B
Selective Cutting
C
Clear Cutting
D
Random Cutting
13) This is the method of mining in which huge machines clear way large strips of the Earth's surface, as in phosphate mining.
A
Open-Pit Mining
B
Strip Mining
C
Fracking
D
Underground Mining
14) When low-density development spreads out around cities, it is called?
A
Urbanization
B
Suburban Sprawl
C
Deforestation
D
Infrastructure
15) What is it called when more people live in a city than the city's infrastructure can support?
A
Migration
B
Suburban Sprawl
C
Deforestation
D
Urban Crisis
16) Urbanization is ...
A
movement of people from one country to another
B
movement of people from rural areas to cities
C
movement of people from cities to rural areas
D
movement of people from McDonald's to Wendy's
17) A designated natural area where the land and the ecosystems it supports are protected is called a ...?
A
Mineral
B
Wilderness
C
Urbanization
D
Infrastructure
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